Questions on Nursing

feralnostalgia · Apr 15, 2009

I know theres nothing wrong with it.I just feel like a failure for having to go.My boyfriend got into a good school as did my best friend.Im intelligent however Im not good at testing so Im entering in with the lower level transfer students while still trying to keep a sunny disposition.

you'll still have more of a job with an ADN from a less than prestigious university than some rich honors kid who went to harvard to study medieval french literature or art history or whatever. the world could use a lot more nurses and a lot less magna cum laude douchebags, in my opinion.

graduating with a high GPA does not mean you're smart, it means you're good at following directions. not doing well on the ACT does not mean you're dumb, it means you don't take tests well. I know some very high scorers who can barely tie their own shoes.

a CNA is more useful than a lawyer or a banker, in my book. don't let em get you down. you sound like a strong person who's gone through a lot. I never finished 10th grade, went to the honors program at the biggest school in my state, dropped out, got back into the honors program, left again...seriously, having done both, I have way more respect for the drop outs, transfers, non-trads, and working people than for anyone who just skates through life with a 4.0 and has never even held down a job.

MelanieC90 · Apr 16, 2009

you'll still have more of a job with an ADN from a less than prestigious university than some rich honors kid who went to harvard to study medieval french literature or art history or whatever. the world could use a lot more nurses and a lot less magna cum laude douchebags, in my opinion.
graduating with a high GPA does not mean you're smart, it means you're good at following directions. not doing well on the ACT does not mean you're dumb, it means you don't take tests well. I know some very high scorers who can barely tie their own shoes.
a CNA is more useful than a lawyer or a banker, in my book. don't let em get you down. you sound like a strong person who's gone through a lot. I never finished 10th grade, went to the honors program at the biggest school in my state, dropped out, got back into the honors program, left again...seriously, having done both, I have way more respect for the drop outs, transfers, non-trads, and working people than for anyone who just skates through life with a 4.0 and has never even held down a job.

Thank you so much! This seriously made my day!

Sleepless In Canada · Apr 16, 2009

Melanie, community college is a great way to set you on your path to where you want to go, University is great but at least here in Canada most of the people I know and meet all start with community college and some continue after that to University but I can tell you that I would rather be going to a small university then one of the big ones because I feel that what the big ones has to show is just a name, a small university can be just as good if not even better sometimes then a big name one because it is more like a familial setting and normally doesn't have people who walks around in their big name university with their noses in the air and a broomstick up their a** as some do because they go to a big name university, not everybody who go to a big name university is like that but you will find a lot of them there.

I am not yet in nursing school, in fact it will possibly be years before I am even in there because I am in a similar situation as you.

I am disabled with Tourette's Syndrome and ADHD and Learning Disabilities, I was put into a "special school" in Sweden where I was born which had a small class because the government couldn't assist me with my educational needs and I graduated from the school with the swedish equivalent to a GPA score of 1.7, both my parents are mentally ill but refuse to accept it and seek help for it, I am now living in Canada and I have to redo ALL of my High School education because back in Sweden I wasn't taught very much and I want to learn what I was supposed to have learned but was never allowed to and after I graduate from Adult High School as I am 30 yrs old now I am gonna attend Community College because it is a great step to go to start learning for a career, as I said before University is great but I think Community College is the most important first step we can take because it is more close knit and if you are like me with a crappy educational background and disabilities or just not good grades then Community College is a great first step and after you finish Community College if you decide for instance that you want to become a Nurse then after you pass your board exam you can immediately start working and later on if you want then you can go back to school and go to University for your Bachelors Degree, I have the possibility to go to University right now as a mature student and I told the University thanks but no thanks, I first want to go to Community College and learn the basics and learn from the bottom up because I learn a lot better by doing then by reading or sitting in a class just watching the teacher write on a blackboard though that is also important.

I guess what I am trying to say Melanie is that people you know might have gone to University but for most the first stepping stone to a good education starts at the Community College and it is my honest opinion that everybody should have to start with Community College and then after that go on to University because there is a lot that Community College has to offer that Universities doesn't always do.

I am sorry for the very long post but sometimes my brain turns into mush and I have a hard time trying to get through what I want to explain, I hope though that you will check out the Community Colleges in your area and see all the great stuff that they have to offer and amazing classes.

This might sound crazy but in Toronto, Ontario there is a Community College that has an Aeronautical program where they teach people who either just want to learn how to fly or who want to become airline pilots, now tell me what University does that?? =oP

Hope that everything goes well with you and your education and if you ever want to talk or just need a shoulder to lean on then just message me. =o)

Good luck and God Bless.

John

cardiospec · Apr 16, 2009

I didn't know where to post this question so here I go ........Do the symptoms of Addisons Disease include a buffalo hump???

mustlovepoodles, RN · Apr 16, 2009

I was in your shoes when I was 18--I really didn't know what I wanted to do. And truthfully, how many of us expect to be so knowledgeable about ourselves and the world at large that we can make such a major decision as a teenager? That's a lot of responsibility!

I started college as a Marine Biology major. I don't know why I picked that--it sounded lofty and I liked science. That lasted long enough for me to realize that they work around water; that was a deal breaker (sheesh!)

I switched to a general studies major for a year. During that time I had a roomate who was studying nursing. She had some learning problems so I helped her study every night. I drilled her during the weekends. Pretty soon I realized that I was getting more out of it than she was! So my new major was born.

I actually saw nursing as less of a calling than a road to independence. Back in the 70s there were limited opportunities for women's careers. I couldn't type and I didn't want to teach, so nursing was it. As a student nurse I worked in a hospital as a nurse assistant. It helped me see the "back story" of nursing and I eventually fell in love with it.

Good luck whatever you decide. Nursing is a wonderful, demanding career. I can guarantee you you'll never be bored!